Giants Among Us
I haver just learned that New Zealand has a really special environment. Many of the plants and trees found in New Zealand are not found anywhere else in the world. These plants and trees are endemic to our country. In New Zealand one of the largest and longest living endemic trees is the NZ Kauri tree. Kauri are mainly found in three regions of New Zealand: the Coromandel, Auckland and Northland. The largest Kauri tree in the country is in the Waipoua Forest in Northland. It is called Tāne Mahuta. Some people refer to it as the ‘Lord of the Forest.' and I would like to visit it because I want to see how big is it.
Kia orana Lucy,
ReplyDeleteIt is great to read that you would like to visit Tane Mahuta one day. It is pretty amazing to think that we have trees in New Zealand that are thousands of years old. I wonder what New Zealand was like 1000 years ago when Tane Mahuta was just a small seedling. I suspect that it was pretty different to the New Zealand that we know today! If I could I would definitely like to travel back to time to 1018 to see what life was like in NZ. What about you? Would you like to travel back in time?
Speaking of time, I hope that you'll have the time to re-join us on the Summer Learning Journey programme really soon. We'd love to share more of this cool information and learn more about New Zealand together.
Hope to see you back online soon!
Bye for now,
Rachel :)